What Is Life?

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What Is Life?

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42 minutes

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Apr 4, 2023

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What is life? In this episode of Star Stuff, our hosts discuss what it means to be alive on Earth and beyond.
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Apr 4, 2023

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Star Stuff: A Space Poddity, by Lowell Observatory, aims to make astronomical science and space exploration fun and accessible to wide audiences using humor, facts, and casual banter. Two Lowell educators (Hailey Osborn and Wesley Sonnemaker) and one literature major (Cody Half-Moon) will sit together and discuss astronomy, planetary science, and space exploration via news articles, movie reviews, audience questions, pop culture discussions, and guest speakers.

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Uncovering 50-Year-Old Moon Rock: We Talk to Dr. Chip Shearer: In this episode of Star Stuff, Dr. Chip Shearer talks with Cody Half-Moon, Hailey Osborn, and John Compton about his project with NASA to finally open a capsule of Moon […] by Star Stuff
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Star Stories (The Constellations Of Spring): In this episode of Star Stuff, we talk about what constellations are in the Northern Hemisphere’s night sky right now, how to find them, and their stories throughout cultures around […] by Star Stuff
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Comets, Asteroids, and Centaurs: A comet, an asteroid, and a centaur walk into a bar(red spiral galaxy)… If you want to be cool and get this joke, listen in on this episode of Star […] by Star Stuff
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The Adventures of a Shadow Chaser and Asteroid Hunter: We Talk to Dr. Cathy Olkin: In Episode 6 of Star Stuff, we sit down with famous planetary scientist Dr. Cathy Olkin, who has done everything from chasing occultations of Pluto in Switzerland to chasing Trojan […] by Star Stuff
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Black Holes, Spacetime, and Bread: “Star Stuff Episode 01: Black Holes, Spacetime, and Bread” is now available wherever you get your podcasts! Listen in as Cody Half-Moon, Hailey Osborn, and Wesley Sonnemaker discuss how black […] by Star Stuff
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Clyde Tombaugh, From The Eyes of His Son: We Talk to Alden Tombaugh: Historians, gather ’round! In this episode of Star Stuff, Cody Half-Moon, Kevin Schindler, and Madi Mooney sit down with Alden Tombaugh and discuss his father, Clyde Tombaugh, and what it […] by Star Stuff
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A Case For The Sky Egg: In today’s episode of Star Stuff: A Space Poddity, Cody Half-Moon, Madi Mooney, and guest John Compton discuss the Moon. John’s background of geology and theoretical physics (or, as he […] by Star Stuff
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The Secrets of Lowell Observatory: Star Stuff – Episode 03: “The Secrets of Lowell Observatory” In this episode of Star Stuff, Cody Half-Moon and Madi Mooney are joined by Lowell Historian Kevin Schindler to discuss […] by Star Stuff
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Life on Mars (Human and … Otherwise): On this episode of Star Stuff, Cody Half-Moon, Hailey Osborn, and Lowell Cosmologist Dr. Kyler Kuehn sit down with Dr. Roedolph Opperman to talk about what life in outer space […] by Star Stuff
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What Does It Mean To Imagine? We Talk To Ed Finn of ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination: In this episode, Cody Half-Moon and Hailey Osborn join Todd Gonzales (Lowell Education Manager) and Ed Finn of ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination to talk about what it […] by Star Stuff
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The Life of Stars: We Talk to Lowell Astronomer Gerard van Belle: In this episode of Star Stuff, Cody Half-Moon and Wesley Sonnemaker sit down with Lowell Astronomer Dr. Gerard van Belle to talk about the life cycle of stars. Find out […] by Star Stuff
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Life On Other Planets, In Art And In Our Universe: We Talk to Dr. Dan Durda: In this episode of Star Stuff, Cody Half-Moon, Madi Mooney, and Kevin Schindler talk to Dr. Dan Durda about his art, his research, and life on other planets. Dr. Dan […] by Star Stuff
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“My Other Vehicle Explored Pluto” – We Talk To Dr. Alan Stern: Famous engineer and planetary scientist Dr. Alan Stern joins the Star Stuff crew to share his experience leading the New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond. Listen as we discuss […] by Star Stuff
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Sol’s Planets – We Talk To Two Lowell Planetary Scientists: In this episode of Star Stuff, Cody Half-Moon and Madi Mooney talk all about planets with two of Lowell’s planetary scientists, Dr. Amanda Bosh and Dr. Jennifer Hanley. Learn about […] by Star Stuff
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The Total Lunar Eclipse: Myth, Lore, and History: This episode of Star Stuff is all about the May 15 Total Lunar Eclipse! Learn about how eclipses have been represented in history and in lore, and find out some […] by Star Stuff
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The Career Path of an Astronomer: In this episode of Star Stuff, Cody Half-Moon and co-host Hailey Osborn chat with Lowell research scientists Dr. Joe Llama and Dr. Kyler Kuehn about how they got into astronomy, […] by Star Stuff
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The Sound of Science in Movies: We Review Sci-Fi Scores: In this episode of Star Stuff, Cody Half-Moon is joined by Nate Nise, Kevin White, and Dr. Scott Barrows of Lowell Observatory to talk about a few of our favorite […] by Star Stuff
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The Real Indiana Jones: We Talk to Dr. Johanson, the Lucy Discoverer: In this episode of Star Stuff, we sit down with Dr. Donald Johanson — the man who traversed Africa in his late 20s, slept with the lions, narrowly escaped helicopter […] by Star Stuff
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The $10 Billion Origami Project: We Review the Basics of the James Webb Space Telescope: Join the Star Stuff Crew as we talk about the basics of the James Webb Space Telescope, including what it will help us discover, why it took so long to […] by Star Stuff
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Astronomy in Poetry with Author Julie Swarstad Johnson: English majors Cody Half-Moon and Madi Mooney geek out with poet Julie Swarstad Johnson, who recently served as Lowell Observatory’s Poet In Residence. Tune in to hear them discuss Julie’s […] by Star Stuff
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Car Trouble and the Rings of Uranus: In this episode of Star Stuff, Cody Half-Moon and Hailey Osborn sit down with Lowell astronomer Dr. Larry Wasserman to hear about his amazing discovery of Uranus’ rings, and how […] by Star Stuff
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Talking With Grown-Ups About Pluto (And Other Fun Controversies) | We Talk To Dean Regas: On this episode of Star Stuff, Cody Half-Moon and John Compton hang out with public speaker, author, television host, and astronomer Dean Regas in the Clyde Tombaugh apartment, where they […] by Star Stuff
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Exploring Dark Skies with Grand Canyon “Dark Sky Ranger” Rader Lane: In this episode of Star Stuff, we talk to Grand Canyon “Dark Sky Ranger” Rader Lane about International Dark Sky Week (April 22 – 30) and how our neighbors at […] by Star Stuff
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Dr. Vera Rubin: Discoveries, Stories, and Good Memories: In this episode of Star Stuff, Cody and Hailey chat with Dr. Alycia Weinberger and Dr. Kaspar von Braun about American astronomer Dr. Vera Rubin. They discuss her life and […] by Star Stuff
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How Would You Remember The Stars? | We Talk to Rader Lane, Dark Sky Ranger at Grand Canyon National Park: Cody Half-Moon meets again with fan-favorite Dark Sky Ranger Rader Lane of the Grand Canyon National Park to talk about how Rader combines dark skies and creative inspirations to produce […] by Star Stuff
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